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Speaking with the Orishas: Divination and Propitiation in the Lukumi Religion.
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Creator
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Marrero, Kristi, Howard, Rosalyn, Matejowsky, Ty, Reyes-Foster, Beatriz, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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The Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new...
Show moreThe Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new religion. This new religion would become the religion known as Lucum(&)#237;. In Cuba, Lucum(&)#237; practitioners would hide their religion beneath the fa(&)#231;ade of Catholicism. The orishas were associated with Catholic saints with similar attributes. The orisha Chang(&)#243;, who governs war and presides over lightning, became associated with Saint Barbara who is the patron saint of artillerymen and is linked to lightning. The Yoruba could be seen praying to a saint but were actually praying to an orisha. This practice became ingrained as a part of Lucum(&)#237; tradition. Divination and propitiation are at the center of the Lucum(&)#237; religion. Divination determines the course of a practitioner's life and can reveal whether practitioners are in a good or bad position in their lives. Propitiation will ensure that good fortune will remain or that bad omens will disappear.
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Date Issued
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2014
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Identifier
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CFE0005526, ucf:50325
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005526
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Title
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Leon sellers.
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Date Created
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1900s
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Identifier
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DP0015462
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015462
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Title
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A Florida barber shop.
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Identifier
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DP0015460
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015460
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Title
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Two of a kind.
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Date Created
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1906
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Identifier
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DP0015478
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015478
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Title
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This am no lemon.
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Date Created
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1910
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Identifier
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DP0015486
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015486
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"Have a smile with me?".
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Identifier
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DP0015465
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015465
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A regular cut up.
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Date Created
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1906
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Identifier
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DP0015477
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015477
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Title
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Pastorial Puerto Rico.
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Creator
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Hoffman, Irwin D.
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Date Created
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1935
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Identifier
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DP0015338
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015338
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Title
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In Double Exile: A Memoir.
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Creator
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Beckwin, Deborah, Nwakanma, Obi, Roney, Lisa, Thaxton, Terry, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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In Double Exile: A Memoir examines the life of a family of Ghanaian immigrants and their journeys of acculturation, and the impact of the father's spiraling mental health issues on his family. Through the eyes of their daughter, this thesis briefly explores their lives on the right side of the Atlantic, as medical professionals, and then focuses on the life of their daughter born in America on the left side of the Atlantic. As novelist Georges Simenon has said, (")I am at home everywhere, and...
Show moreIn Double Exile: A Memoir examines the life of a family of Ghanaian immigrants and their journeys of acculturation, and the impact of the father's spiraling mental health issues on his family. Through the eyes of their daughter, this thesis briefly explores their lives on the right side of the Atlantic, as medical professionals, and then focuses on the life of their daughter born in America on the left side of the Atlantic. As novelist Georges Simenon has said, (")I am at home everywhere, and nowhere. I am never a stranger and I never quite belong.(") This memoir explores this tension between alienation and connection, as a second-generation immigrant grows up navigating between various cultures: to dominant American culture, evangelical Christian/Southern culture, African-American culture, and Ghanaian culture. In an attempt to understand the present, this thesis is a sankofa journey back into the author's history. Spanning over four decades, the memoir uncovers various exilic configurations: exiled from family, from ethnic heritage, from home, and from one's self.
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Date Issued
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2014
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Identifier
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CFE0005304, ucf:50529
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005304
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Title
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MAMMY.
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Date Created
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1930s
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Identifier
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DP0015356
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015356
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Title
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I'd rather two step than waltz.
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Identifier
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DP0015483
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015483
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A native product.
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Date Created
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1910
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Identifier
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DP0015487
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015487
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A dark outlook.
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Description
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Printed color Black Americana postcards. Front: Five black children looking out of a window. Card entitled "A Dark Outlook". Addressed to Mr. Ralph Berridge. Stamped "EVANSVILLE IND. SEP 15 6 PM 1907".
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Date Created
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1907
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Identifier
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DP0015481
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015481
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"Honey, we'se waitin' fo' you all" in beautiful Florida.
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Date Created
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1910s
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Identifier
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DP0015492
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015492
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Best wishes for a happy New Year.
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Date Created
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1911
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Identifier
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DP0015488
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015488
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Title
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"Deed Child's, I's didn't know you's was dare.".
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Creator
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Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
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Date Created
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1898
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Identifier
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DP0015452
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015452
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"Dis sho' am good".
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Identifier
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DP0015342
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015342
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Title
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The rising sun stove polish.
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Date Created
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1885-1895
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Identifier
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DP0015355
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Format
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E-book
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015355
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Ole Virginia Hickory Chips.
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Date Created
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1940s
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Identifier
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DP0015371
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Format
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Set of related objects
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015371
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Old Black Joe speckled butter beans.
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Date Created
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1940s
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Identifier
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DP0015349
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Format
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Image (JPEG)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015349
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